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From the no kidding files: a more efficient miltary would save soldiers' lives

The US military has brought the civilian world some great acronyms, like SNAFU and FUBAR. The military might need to look into adopting O RLY after coming to the conclusion that, as Green Car Advisor put is, "Army's Dependence on Oil Cost Soldiers Their Lives." The gist of the article - based on a report in Climate Wire (subs req'd) - is that, since fuel convoys in Iraq are so incredibly dangerous for US military personnel, lives could be saved if the military was more fuel efficient and those troops didn't need to truck fuel around the ... Read more →

Iraqis riding scooters for the same reasons as everybody else Xavier Navarro

This might be obvious, of course, but the circumstances and changes in Iraq have made its citizens more careful about using gasoline. The NYT has published a very nice article on how the perception ...

Supporting the troops who call for higher CAFE standards Sebastian Blanco

U.S. military veterans' groups are getting involved in the Congressional mileage debate. The AP reports that about three dozen veterans from the group New Hampshire for Peace wrote a letter to ...

Montana's Democratic governor Brian Schweitzer voices support for biodiesel, wind power, liquid fuels from coal and ethanol Jeremy Korzeniewski

According to Brian Schweitzer, Democratic governor of Montana, President Bush is missing the boat on alternative fuels and energy sources here in the States. He also claims that we should not be ...

From the no kidding files: a more efficient miltary would save soldiers' lives 12 months ago on Autoblog Green

The US military has brought the civilian world some great acronyms, like SNAFU and FUBAR. The military might need to look into adopting O RLY after coming to the conclusion that, as Green Car Advisor put is, "Army's Dependence on Oil Cost Soldiers Their Lives." The gist of the article - based on ...

Iraqis riding scooters for the same reasons as everybody else 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

This might be obvious, of course, but the circumstances and changes in Iraq have made its citizens more careful about using gasoline. The NYT has published a very nice article on how the perception of Iraqis towards oil has changed, when once it was even cheaper than bottled water. To start, Iraqis ...

Supporting the troops who call for higher CAFE standards 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

U.S. military veterans' groups are getting involved in the Congressional mileage debate. The AP reports that about three dozen veterans from the group New Hampshire for Peace wrote a letter to Congress this week calling for the 35 mpg level in the CAFE standards to remain in the final bill. The ...

Montana's Democratic governor Brian Schweitzer voices support for biodiesel, wind power, liquid fuels from coal and ethanol 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

According to Brian Schweitzer, Democratic governor of Montana, President Bush is missing the boat on alternative fuels and energy sources here in the States. He also claims that we should not be fighting wars in the Middle East. Some of this political views do not lend themselves to an article here ...


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